Abu Al-Khaseeb District

Abu Al-Khaseeb District

قضاء أبي الخصيب
Abu Al-Khaseeb District قضاء أبي الخصيب
District
	Coordinates: 30°15′0″N 48°6′0″E / 30.25000°N 48.10000°E
Country	Iraq
Governorates	Basra Governorate
Seat	Abu Al-Khaseeb
Population (2018)
• Total	223,675
Time zone	UTC+3 (AST)

Abu Al-Khaseeb District (Arabic: قضاء أبي الخصيب) is a district of the Basra Governorate, Iraq. Its seat is the town of Abu Al-Khaseeb. It got its name from Abu al-Khasib canal, which was excavated by and named after a client of the 8th-century Abbasid caliph, Abu al-Khaṣīb Marzuq.^[1]

References

^ Khudayyir, Muhammad (2020-05-05). Basrayatha: The Story of a City. Verso Books. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-78960-381-1.

Districts of Basra Governorate, Abu Al-Khaseeb in the southeast

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[1] Khudayyir, Muhammad (2020-05-05). Basrayatha: The Story of a City. Verso Books. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-78960-381-1.

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